2026-09-26 12:59 UTC
"First, it was just one missile, but then another, and another, until the system reported that a total of five Minuteman ICBMs had been launched."
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, fediverse!
(From 2018) https://www.vox.com/2018/9/26/17905796/nuclear-war-1983-stanislav-petrov-soviet-union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
#OnThisDay #otd #history #StanislavPetrov #ColdWar
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@sarahquartz@lamp.leemoon.network 2026-09-26 13:05
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online despite Soviet Union being authoritarian, I love that most of its people were often like this; brave, peaceful.